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UK-ECHR: Letter from parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights to the Defence Secretary of State

Topic
Military Law
Country/Region
UK

14 October 2016

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"The Government’s proposed derogation from the ECHR I am writing to you about your joint announcement with the Prime Minister on 4 October that the Government propose to protect the Armed Forces from persistent legal claims by introducing a presumption to derogate from the European Convention on Human Rights in future overseas operations.

Derogating from the UK’s international human rights obligations is a very serious matter."

Includes 25 questions.

See: Letter from parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights to the Defence Secretary of State (pdf)

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